Photo Study – Pub Car Park Tank / myLot

photo taken by me - the tank at the Four In Hand

Preston, England

March 7, 2016 5:43am CST

This photo is of a real army tank that was parked up for years in the corner of the car park of The Four In Hand pub in Didsbury, Manchester. The pub was named after a horse drawn carriage pulled by four horses steered by a single rider perched on the carriage. I never did find out who actually owned the tank. Sadly the pub changed hands and changed its name to The Greenfinch, and the tank was removed, presumably being the property of someone on the staff of the original bar. Arthur Chappell

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louievill

@louievill (28849)

• Philippines

7 Mar 16

Wow, i would have loved to have a drink at that pub if it was still there, really cool

. That one is an apc or light armored tank, sort of a variant of the british fv or U.S.M113, our military still use that one for counter insurgency or to fight militants in the South, i like your picture very much

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louievill

@louievill (28849)

• Philippines

7 Mar 16

@arthurchappell oh thank you, it's because we have lots of this, it's light and fast and the only ones our roads and bridges can handle, the Philippines has no main battle tank, very impractical in jungle warfare and hard to transport from island to island

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44987)

• Preston, England

7 Mar 16

@Ronrybs @louievill impressed that you can ID the tank. Well done

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44987)

• Preston, England

7 Mar 16

@louievill pretty impressive machine - versatile but also of course deadly

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Lee Ka

@kaka135 (14970)

• Malaysia

7 Mar 16

The real tank looks good. It's sad to know the tank was removed, but I wonder who removed that. He really needs a good place to locate this big tank.

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44987)

• Preston, England

7 Mar 16

@kaka135 almost certainly the owner / landlord of the original pub

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (165533)

• United States

10 Mar 18

Hmmm, it makes you wonder where the owner took it, and about the story behind his ownership. About an hour from here there is a Veteran's Park Memorial with tanks, a helicopter and various other military artifacts secured and displayed.

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44987)

• Preston, England

10 Mar 18

@GardenGerty it would be nice to learn where it went

Bluedoll

@Bluedoll (16770)

• Canada

7 Mar 16

Is that a bird sitting on it? I want one or those transportation devices for grid lock moments. I'll just stop with the rest in traffic, turn the engine off to conserve fuel and if the traffic starts moving again and someone behinds me beeps. I'll move when I please and not before!

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44987)

• Preston, England

7 Mar 16

@Bluedoll Can't see a bird in the photo when enlarged - there is a classic Kenny Everett comedy sketch here about the easy parking for a tank driver